The Eighth Annual Helena María Viramontes Lecture in Latina/o/x Literature welcomes the distinguished and celebrated artist, poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, translator, and short story writer Ana Castillo to CSU Long Beach. Dr. Castillo has contributed to a long list of periodicals, online venues, and national magazines, including More and the Sunday New York Times. Dr. […]

The Yadunandan Center for India Studies is proud to present the 21st Annual Solanki Lecture How Inclusive is “Inclusive Innovation”? Understanding Technology-Enabled Empowerment in India with Shobita Parthasarathy International development institutions, governments, and social entrepreneurs have become increasingly enthusiastic about ‘inclusive innovation.’ The term refers to efforts to use science and technology to alleviate poverty and […]

The Bhagwan Suvidhinath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies at California State University, Long Beach presents a Conference in Jainism – April 21-23, 2024 This conference aims to integrate Jainism’s fundamental principle of nonviolence (Ahimsā) with our relationship to the environment. While embracing nonviolence in a holistic manner, the conference theme merges with the ecological concept […]

Dr. Pérez will be discussing his recent book, The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy (Stanford UP, 2022). Dr. Pérez' research tracks the use of humor from blackface minstrelsy to contemporary contexts, including police culture, politics, and far-right extremists. Rather than being harmless fun, a thing of the past, or “just […]

On behalf of the Department of Africana Studies, please find below an announcement and invitation to our Annual Africana Studies Day Forum titled this year: "Black Studies, Truth Speaking and the Ethical Urgency of Resistance: Radically Imagining and Achieving a Just and Good World" Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:00am (virtual). We apologize for the lateness of the announcement, but we could only confirm this weekend […]

You are invited to Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: A Feminist Festival of Artivism and Academia Celebrating the Mujeres de Maiz Book Release on Tuesday, 4/23/24 from 3:30-6:30 PM at Cal State Long Beach - Anatol Center (AS 119). The event will feature various artists, academics, and activists from the women's art and wellness organization […]

Human Development Seminar Series “The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failure of the Dependent Visa Program” The Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Drawing on interviews with 55 Indian couples, […]

The South Asian Studies Minor and the Departments of History, Sociology, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies invite you and your students to a talk by Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal who will present on her recently published book.   Colonizing Kashmir State-building under Indian Occupation   The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats […]

“CSULB Geography Gets Droned Up: Recent Advances in Landscape Modeling using 3D Point Clouds” by Scott Winslow (Faculty, Geography) All are welcome, but due to limited space, please RSVP to hyowon.ban@csulb.edu. Thank you.

Economics Department Seminar Series, which continues with its final talk of the semester with our own Dr. Andre Harrison presenting on "Racial Unemployment and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Monetary Policy"  The talk will assess the heterogenous effects of recessionary episodes on unemployment rates by race. In particular, I will show that the unemployment rates […]